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Semele. Somnus awake: MU.MS.259.p.35

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Semele. Somnus awake
Somnus awake / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

Part of the accompanied recitative for A ([Juno]) and S (Iris), vl1, vl2, vla bc, from Semele, HWV 57, no. 34.
Original (rejected) version (incipit not in HWV), removed from holograph score replaced by GB Lbl R.M. 20.f.7, leaf 79.
Title from first line.
With note at the bottom of p. 36: "Mr Martin at / Thorneycraft the Saddler in New Bond Street / ??? [cropped, possibly "the King's Arms"].
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C80)
1.1.1 A ([Juno]) Somnus awake C-1 c =9/4'A8AA4''D-/2-4'A8FG/4.nC8D4,B- .

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 35-36) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: AD 1743 : [England],[1743]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.35
Primary reference Number: 276942
ALMA control 001: 994687733803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 1 December 2020 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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